源头

源頭

yuántóu

noun HSK 7 #8,178

Measure Word

一个源头 gè

Meanings

1 source
2 headwaters
3 origin

Characters

head; beginning

Examples

我们要从源头解决问题。

Wǒmen yào cóng yuántóu jiějué wèntí.

We need to solve the problem at its source.

长江的源头在青藏高原。

Chángjiāng de yuántóu zài Qīng-Zàng Gāoyuán.

The source of the Yangtze River is on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Tips

usage

源头 can be literal (headwaters of a river) or figurative (root cause of a problem). Very common in the phrase 从源头 (from the source).

Stroke Order

源 yuán

头 tóu